Interested in NYC311's data set? Here's an opportunity to improve it!

[Noel Hidalgo]

On Saturday, the 23rd of September, for a day dedicated to improving _the people’s dataset_!!!!

For 2017's National Day of Civic Hacking, BetaNYC is asking you to roll up your sleeves and data jam with us. Last year, we worked with NYC Parks to improve their TreesCount! Census data. This year, we will shine a light on NYC 311’s service requests and explore how to best use insights to improve community board decision making. Will you join us and make “people’s data set” better?

Join the Manhattan Borough President, Community Board members and district office staff, Mayoral agencies, and NYC’s civic hacking community for two simultaneous tracks:

(1) 70 selected hackers will be assigned to work in teams to address specifidc challenges; 

(2) three classes of 20 people will have a chance to use NYC 311 service request data and up their data / analytics skills.

As this is an inclusive event, childcare is provide for free through the generous support of Socrata.

To participate in this event, you must register or apply via https://nyc311datajam.eventbrite.com.